Carpet-lining.



UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. MAURAN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CARPET- LINING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,679, dated.December 9, 1902.

Application filed April 16, 1902- To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. MAURAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Carpet-Linings, of which the following isa specification. I

My invention consists in acarpet-lining having a filling formed ofparallel longitudinallyarranged strips of crumpled paper provided withparallel transverse strips pasted to the longitudinal strips from edgeto edge of the fabric and serving to hold the said longitudinal stripsin proper parallel relation with each other.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a piece ofcarpet-lining embodying my improvement, a portion of the outer papercovering being broken away to show the parallel strips. Fig. 2represents a transverse section. Fig. 3 represents an enlarged portionof one of the crumpled paper strips. Fig. t represents a transversesection of the same.

In the drawings, A A represent the parallel strips of crumpled paperarranged side by side longitudinally of the fabric, and B B parallelstrips, which may be of paper or other approved material, pasted to oneside of the parallel crumpled strips A A from edge to edge of the fabricand serving to retain the said strips A A in their close parallelcondition; and in order to protect the said confierial No. 103,206. (Nomodel.)

nected strips A A and B B and adapt the lining for long-continued wear Iinclose the said connected strips between continuous sheets of paper 0 Cand stitch the said sheets together longitudinally at their lapped edgesor b and preferably reinforce the lining at the rows of stitches c o bymeans of the longitudinal strips cl cl. The parallel pasted strips B Bwill serve to prevent the undesirable displacement of the longitudinalstrips A A at the cut ends of the lining when the rows of stitches o oare omitted and also from displacement between the said rows when thestitches are employed. The carpet-lining so produced constitutes anelastic and durable manufacture and may be readily and economicallymanufactured by machinery.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a carpet-lining, the combination of thelongitudinally-directed parallel strips of crumpled paper, and thetransversely-pasted parallel strips which serve to bind the longitudinalstrips together.

2. In a carpet-lining, the combination of the longitudinally-directedparallel strips of crumpled paper, and the transversely-pasted parallelstrips which serve to bind the longitudinal strips together, with theouter paper covering, and longitudinal seams of stitches.

. 'WILLIAM A. MAURAN.

Witnesses:

SOORATES SoHoLFIELD, CHARLES E. H001).

